Hi Jim, I use only two mutes for tuning and do unisons as you go for the temperament. Sorry--I forgot to mention that. It saves me about 20 minutes per tuning over strip muting. At 02:49 PM 3/7/2005 -0500, you wrote: >I see we don't all agree. That's OK. I strip mute only the middle of the >piano when I tune, but not the treble, as some people do. When I tune the >treble, I tune unisons as I go, but I tune octaves by single string to >single string to avoid the situations we talked about earlier. >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > >When I tune all the unisins in the middle of the scale, I pull the strip >mute out, and use a single rubber mute. I mute the left string and tune >right string to center string. I move the mute up one unison, which now >mutes right string of the lower unison and left srting of the one above it, >and tune left string of lower unison and right string of upper unison, and >so on. This minimizes my mute moving, allows me to go faster, and it >allows me to individually tune the side strings to the middle string >without the others sounding. For me, it reduces the accumulating error I >would otherwise have. When I'm done, I go back and check then all. If I >find a unison that is not really clean, I fix it. > >The reason I said one can obtain better results by tuning individual >strings to the center strings is that it reduces accumulating error. In >the event one ends up with a side string with a plus error and the opposite >side string with a minus error, resulting in a slow beat with all strings >open, that can be corrected. That routine works for me. > >Sincerely, Jim Ellis > >_______________________________________________ >caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.6.2 - Release Date: 3/4/2005 > > Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat mailto:pianotuna@yahoo.com http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK, S4S 5G7 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner _______________________________________________ caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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